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Achilles International Inc

Achilles International Inc (New York) receives grants from 168 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,933,553 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($1,172,674). 85 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$5.8M
Funders on record
168
Grants received
$9.9M
Net assets
$4.0M
85/168 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 41%
01What it does

What Achilles International Inc does

Mission

To enable people with disabilities to compete in mainstream athletics and break down barriers at race start lines, empower the disability community to cross the finish line while transforming their lives through various programming and social connections

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Freedom Team: An extension of the Achilles process of physical strengthening, building confidence, and generating a supportive community, the program was adapted to the specific needs of wounded members of the U.S. military. Program participants receive training as well as use of specialized adaptive devices, such as hand-crank wheelchairs.

    $367,131 spent$480,531 earned by the program
    12% of program spending
  2. International Chapter: Achilles has chapters in communities throughout the world. Each local Chapter is run by dedicated members and volunteers who generously give their time and energy to recruit participants, organize workouts, and secure funding.

    $276,581 spent$78,165 earned by the program
    9% of program spending
  3. NYC Chapter: International Chapter: Achilles has chapters in communities throughout the world. Each local Chapter is run by dedicated members and volunteers who generously give their time and energy to recruit participants, organize workouts, and secure funding.

    $358,675 spent$378,133 earned by the program
    11% of program spending
  4. Achilles Internationals portfolio of programs includes participation in the NYC Marathon; Achilles Kids which provides training, race, opportunities, and an in- school program for children with disabilities; the TriAchilles Team which expands our running program into biking and swimming; Achilles Chapter workouts; and, our signature Hope & Possibility race which takes place in several cities worldwide

    $2,167,931 spent$3,405,259 earned by the program
    68% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,170,318.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($2.5M) Expenses 100 ($2.5M) Net assets 100 ($903k)2018 Revenue 105 ($2.7M) Expenses 101 ($2.6M) Net assets 113 ($1.0M)2019 Revenue 171 ($4.3M) Expenses 117 ($2.9M) Net assets 252 ($2.3M)2020 Revenue 83 ($2.1M) Expenses 82 ($2.1M) Net assets 286 ($2.6M)2021 Revenue 126 ($3.2M) Expenses 98 ($2.5M) Net assets 395 ($3.6M)2022 Revenue 136 ($3.5M) Expenses 143 ($3.6M) Net assets 379 ($3.4M)2023 Revenue 171 ($4.3M) Expenses 171 ($4.3M) Net assets 384 ($3.5M)2024 Revenue 228 ($5.8M) Expenses 217 ($5.4M) Net assets 443 ($4.0M)
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Revenue (228)Expenses (217)Net assets (443)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $1.0M to $2.3M (+124%).

$906k
$1.0M
$2.3M
$2.6M
$3.8M
$4.1M
$3.9M
$4.5M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 84% · 2022 1% · 2023 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$26k
’17
$122k
’18
$1.4M
’19
$55k
’20
$735k
’21
−$139k
’22
$44k
’23
$351k
’24
8.3
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Emily Glasser

President & CEO

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed3638312626171615
Joined·+6+30+1+1+0+3+1
No longer listed·43761942
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 32 funders to 68 funders, grant income rose $393k → $1.6M.

24 of 168 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of Achilles International Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 168 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

Achilles International Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left

49% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Achilles International Inc.

12%
largest funder
31%
top three
~17
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 15% · 2018 19% · 2019 13% · 2020 32% · 2021 30% · 2022 15% · 2023 19% — growing more concentrated.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

41% of Achilles International Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

Achilles International Inc draws 66% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 24 states in all.

IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
NV
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
KY
DE
AZ
TN
NC
SC
DC
GA
TX
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 17 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Government funding Achilles International Inc receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $277k on record.

Federal$277k
grants $277kcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Department of Veterans Affairs$277k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

73% of spending goes to programs.

Program 73%Management 12%Fundraising 15%

Governance

15
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds Achilles International Inc?
Achilles International Inc (New York) receives grants from 168 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,933,553 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($1,172,674). 85 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Achilles International Inc have?
IRS filings report 168 organizations giving $9,933,553 in grants to Achilles International Inc, 85 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Achilles International Inc?
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,172,674 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Achilles International Inc find more funders?
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 168 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing